Wagon-body



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- G. P. FOLSOME.

WAGON BODY.

Patented Dec. 27, 188? 4 hmiiiii.

jfzwanliyewfl MQ@ My tor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. FOLSOME, OF W'HITE WRIGHT, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. E. MITCHELL, OF GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters Patent No. 375,618, dated December 27, 1887.

Application filed September 17, 1887. Serial No. 249,990.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. FoLsoME,

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at \Vhite \Vright,in the county ofGrayson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'agon- Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. IO This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in wagon-bodies, having for its object simplicity and durability; and

the invention consists of the detail construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View in perspective of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line yy, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar View on the line 2 a, Fig. 1, looking rearwardly. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the linear on, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 2 3 Fig. 2; and Figs. 7 and 8 are detail perspective views of thebrace-plates.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the bottom board of the wagon-body, and a the side-board thereof, the same being connected together by means of a rightangular braceplate, a, bolted to the inner side of said sideboard and to the bottom board, A, the latter connection being effected by means of a nutted bolt passed through a horizontal portion of said brace-plate, as shown. The inwardlyprojecting portion of the right-angular braceplate has extending rearwardly therefrom, near its upper end, a hook or notch plate, I), and the lower horizontal portion of this braceplate a has an upwardly-projecting wedgeshaped plate, I), the inner surface of which is tapered.

Bis the side extension, of the desired height, and is secured in position on the upper horizontal edge of said side by means of an extended bar, I), secured on its inner side, and a bracket, 6 attached at the same point on (No model.)

the outside of said extension, as shown. This bracket is but one of a series of similar brack ets disposed at suitable distances apart for reception of the lower ends of corresponding bows ordinarily employed for attaching the wagon-cover. The bar I)" and bracket b are secured in position by the same bolts or rivets.

A second rightangular brace-plate, G, is secured to the side extension, and is also provided with a hook or notched plate, d, and a horizontal portion having a wedge-shaped plate, at, as shown.

D represents the end-gate, having secured on its rear or outer side a plate or bar, d", provided with an opening or recesses, d corresponding to an opening in the gate at that point, and to an extended portion of said plate or bar (1 is pivotally secured one end of a hook, D. The lower end of this plate or bar is tapered and terminates at the point where a groove or recess is formed in the lower corner of the gate, so as to permit the same to fit snugly in position on the horizontal portion of the brace-plate. After placing the endgate in proper position the same is held or retained thereat by means of thehook D engaging the hook or notched plate I), which projects through the openings formed in the gate and plate or bar d, and the wedge-shaped plate 12, fitting snugly against the lower tapered end of said plate or bar. An upper extensiongate, E, is likewise provided with a plate or bar, 6, having a hook, e, and is provided with an opening or recess similar to that in the gate D, through which projects the hook or notched plate 01, with which engages the hook e. The lower corner of this extension-gate is likewise secured in position by means of the wedge-shaped plate 02.

From what has been said. it will be seen that 0 my invention comprises simple and efficient means for securing together the bottom and sides of a wagon-body, and also for securely retaining in position the end-gates,and in such manner as to permit of the ready removal of 5 either the upper or lower gate without interfering with the other.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described wagon-body, com* prising the rightangular brace-plates, the pro- ICO jecting hooks or notched plates, the wedgeshaped plates, and the apertured end-gate having a hook secured thereto, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the bottom and side boards, of the rightangnlar brace-plates having lower horizontal portions through which bolts are passed, the hooks or notched plates, the wedgeshaped upwardly-proj ectin g plates, the end-gate having the plate or bar secured thereto, and the hook, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the bottom and side boards, of the side extension having a downwardly-projecting bar and bracket, the right-angular plates secured to said side boards and extension and having hooks or notched plates, and the end-gates carrying hooks, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. FOLSOME. WVitnesses:

G. W. HOUSTON, E. E. MITCHELL. 

